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R. M. Ballantyne

1825 - 1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. M. Ballantyne has received more than 191,240 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). R. M. Ballantyne is the 5,284th most popular writer (up from 5,314th in 2019), the 3,982nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,299th in 2019) and the 445th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The young fur-traders
Fiction, action & adventure
1856
The dog Crusoe and his master
Prairies, In literature, Fiction
1860
Erling the Bold
2019
The Coral Island
Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Shipwrecks
A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home.
1858
Ungava, a tale of the Esquimaux land
Fiction, historical, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general
1800
The Norsemen in the West, or, America before Columbus
Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction
1872
The Coral Island
Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Shipwrecks
A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home.
1858
The Norsemen in the West, or, America before Columbus
Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, United states, fiction
Fictional account based on the Icelandic saga Heimskringla of the Norse discovery and settlement of America in the years 986 and 1006.
1872
Erling the bold
Vikings, Fiction, Northmen
1800
The dog Crusoe
Prairies, In literature, Fiction
1800
Martin Rattler, or, A boy's adventures in the forests of Brazil
Children's stories, Scottish, Fiction, action & adventure, Juvenile fiction
1867
Snowflakes and sunbeams
Fiction, action & adventure, Adventure stories, Fur traders
1856

Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 5,284 out of 7,302. Before him are James Dashner, Shrilal Shukla, Heðin Brú, Ricardo Güiraldes, Semir Osmanagić, and Marguerite Audoux. After him are Fritz von Unruh, Magdi Allam, Joël Dicker, Thea Beckman, Diane di Prima, and Sergey Gorodetsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 76. Before him are George Inness, Anton Heinrich Springer, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, Adelaide Anne Procter, Giuseppe Prinzi, and Richard Maack. After him are A. P. Hill, Francisco Antonino Vidal, William McGonagall, James Collinson, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, and Francisco Linares Alcántara. Among people deceased in 1894, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 79. Before him are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, George Romanes, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Victor Duruy, George Inness, and Alphons Czibulka. After him are Kitamura Tokoku, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Alexander Wittek, Lobengula, John Sparrow David Thompson, and José Eugenio Ellauri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 3,982 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth More (1914), Trevor Taylor (1936), Tony Barton (1937), Ron Tauranac (1925), Hugh Clapperton (1788), and Bart McGhee (1899). After him are Robert Jameson (1774), James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (1929), George Edwards (1694), Lisa Stansfield (1966), Saffron Burrows (1972), and Anthony Joshua (1989).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, R. M. Ballantyne ranks 445. Before him are David McKee (1935), Bob Shaw (1931), George Crabbe (1754), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), and Edward Carpenter (1844). After him are Joanne Harris (1964), Sax Rohmer (1883), Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), and Daniel Tammet (1979).

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